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Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..

Thickskull :: Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull..

Fish-block :: Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.

Last :: Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed..

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A blockhead; a dunce.

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver..

Trig :: Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid..

Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..

Jobbernowl :: Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..

Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.

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